its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html Jeremy Baum: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:16:21 -0700 new demo http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#17 http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#17 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News crash http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#16

at least no one was seriously injurred or killed.

we are all ok.

as you might know ive been touring with shemekia copeland's band for the last 3 years. overall its been fantastic. ive been all over europe canada and the usa...playing great music with shemekia and the band...meeting all sorts of ppl and other musicians.

the hardest part of touring is the touring. lol. most of your life on the road is just that. hours and hours and hours in a van driving from gig to gig.

last wed night the band met up in east stoudsburg PA at midnight at the "road manager's" house. we had a 12 hour drive ahead of us to chicago to shemekia's house then another couple hours to bloomington IL for our gig thurs night. arthur neilson drove the first couple hours. then i drove from 2:30am till 8 am. damon eppely "road manager" took over. we made a pitstop around 11am somewhere in indiana. it was a beautiful day. blue sky. brisk.

back in the van. damon driving the full size van pulling a large trailer with our equipment and luggage doing about 70. then it started snowing. hard. (it was the lake effect snow that was forcast) the interstate was covered with snow/ice. damon slowed a little to 50-60mph. then it snowed harder. both the drummer rod and i said 'hey damon its a whiteout....it looks slippery.' he actually said "ITS NOTHING"

a minute later thru the snow we saw the tail end of a tractor trailor standing still in our lane (the left lane). there were cars stopped in the right lane. there were a couple vehicles that had slid off into the center to our left. we were still going about 50 mph when damon tried to stop. it was like a nightmare. i had no seatbelt on there was no time i crouched behind the driver's seat as he said 'hold on we're gonna hit. we're gonna hit HOLD ON'

we hit hard. my head smashed into the back of the seat. i spit out blood and pieces of my teeth. my head hurt. the air smelt awful it was smoky from the airbags. i was afraid we might get hit again from behind i wanted to get out of the van. everyone was asking each other 'are you all right....is anybody hurt is everyone ok??' thankfully yes. no one was seriously hurting. i mean it sucked but no broken bones....no bleeding...everyone was concious. damon (the driver) was stuck in his seat. the front end had been forced back and the steering wheel had him pinned.

i get out and felt hot and faint and layed down in the snow. the guys came around and got me up.

the firetrucks and ambulances came 20 mins later. the fireman were great. they got damon out of his seat in minutes and he was standing and moving his legs. he was fine. we all took the ride to the hospital...got checked out.

everyone made it.

then next night we were in michigan playing to a packed theatre.

it felt so good to play.]]> http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#16 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News NEW WEBSITE! http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#1 http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#1 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#15
www.briankaplanband.com



]]> http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#15 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 10:47:00 -0800 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#14 this past January I enlisted the help of Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion to help get my CD 'Lost River Jams' out to the blues DJs. I provided them with 600 CDs (and a couple dollars) and they sent the CDs out to over 250 radio stations that play the blues. then for 2 months they stayed in touch with the DJs/stations and tracked how it was being received...some stations really dug it....some not so much (said it was either too jazzy for blues shows or too blues for jazz shows), but still it managed to get played and heard! Living Blues magazine publishes radio charts every month, and in March 2005 Lost River Jams was #14 in the country!!!!



]]> http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#14 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:43:00 -0700 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#13 BOOGALOO to JACK McDUFF

Featuring The Diplomats of Solid Sound, The Greyhounds, Jeremy Baum Trio and many more...

The sweet sounds of the Hammond B-3 organ take center stage on Boogaloo to Jack McDuff -- a loving tribute to one of the funkiest musicians of the twentieth century. McDuff paved the way for modern jazz and funk with his uniugue style that was equal parts soul, funk and blues. His group was among the most popular jazz combos of the mid-'60s and featured the talents of a young guitarist named George Benson. The music world lost a true legend with McDuff's passing in 2001. Thankfully, "Brother Jack's" influence lives on in the music of some of the hottest jazz combos performing today who dig deep into McDuff's soulful keyboard explorations to create a tribute album that would have made the master proud.

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]]> http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#13 Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:02:00 -0700 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#12 check it out:

http://www.bluenight.com/BluesBytes/wn0305.html



]]> http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#12 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:43:00 -0800 its bombastic. - Jeremy Baum - News http://jeremybaum.com/news.html#11
it features 5 originals and 3 covers....seriously soulful stuff. my fave track is #6, Ol' Soul, which was written by Gil (and is dedicated to Patsy Cline.)

you can check out a review at NYBJ:
http://www.nybluesandjazz.org/reviews/liveatnextdoor.htm



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well a couple years after that, i got a call from shemekia's manager john hahn. he asked me if i had a passport, and if i was interested in going to europe with shemekia for a couple weeks, because her keyboard player (jason) was sick and wouldnt be able to make the trip. the plane was leaving in 2 days! of course i said yes, and made a few phone calls the next day to cancel all my students and gigs for time id be away. i had to listen to her material from her 2 cds on the plane and the van ride to the 1st gig and sketch out a couple charts to get familiar with the material. the 1st show was for about 500 ppl somewhere in france. it was amazing. the next night we were playing in cognac, a BEAUTIFUL old city for a few thousand ppl. we played a week in france, one night in antwerp belgium, and spent a week in norway playing at the nottodden blues fest. the whole experience definately has been the highlight of my carreer so far, those 2 weeks were incredible. i saw so many beautiful places and played shows for 1000's of ppl, and i got the best seat in the house (behind the organ and piano) to hear shemekia sing.

that was 3 years ago. last week i recieved another call from john hahn, and he asked me if id like to audition for the full time keyboard gig with shemekia's band. i spent the last week learning the 6 songs for the audition...obsessed with learning these tunes...they were constantly playing on repeat even when i was asleep~

the audition was this past thurs, and i got the gig. im so excited. cant wait to start travelling with her and the band again. and getting to hear one of the best blues singers out there everytime i step on stage!

for more info about shemekia check out her website:
http://www.shemekiacopeland.com/



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